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methadone? as a treatment?

I recently read the thing about methadone helping with withdrawals I think or rather to come off the painkillers. I was just wondering if I could somehow get in that kind of program. I have 3 kids who have no one else to take care of them so it makes it impossible to do rehab. I hate the way I feel when I dont have anything and I hate the money I spend. I dont want to live like this for the rest of my life. If anyone has any info or advice, real life advice, I would really like to hear it. I cant seem to get away from the drugs no matter what I do they are all around me

Methadone is mainly used for heroin addiction. From my experience with friends that took it, it was one drug substituting for other. I can say from of all the people I knew that took it after the stopped relapsed until they made a decision they didn't want to hurt anymore and joined a self help program of some type.

I just recenlty got done with a methodone treatment program. They will only treat u at a clinic if u have opeiates in your system, usually oxi or heroine, truthfully methdone is a ver strong drug and like most things can just replace the drugs you were doing. I would look up a local treatment center in your area and see if they can help you. Truthfully most of the people at this centers are ass backwards and if you do not test positive for the drugs they will not take you. I hope this helps

I usually have to worry about opiates not being in my system as for them being there that shouldnt be a problem. I am an addict and that means that if i dont have some kind of opiate in my system i will be extremely sick. so thanks for the advice Its really hard though to get someone to take u seriously when you tell them that you cant do rehab but will you please give me methadone. I know this may sound like im making fun of the whole thing but im not im just frustrated

I've been there, and know exactly how you feel. I was on pain killers for almost 5 yrs. And i had 2 little boys. I tried rehab, n.a and went to detox. I wanted to quit sooo bad, but I couldn't do it on my own. Then i heard about methadone, at first i didn't want to do it, i wanted to get to the bottom of my addiction, and solve whatever was keeping me there. But after all those years, i couldn't take it anymore, so i decided to try it out. Anything was worth helping me and my kids to be happy and normal again. I've been clean now for 4 years. If it wasn't for methadone, i'd probably still be using. If you think thats its just 1 drug replacing the other, it really isn't. Addiction is a disease and this is a treatment. I think that if you tried other things, and they didn't help, then go for it. It only takes a couple of days, and your not physically sick anymore. But you still have to put a huge effort into it. Methadone helps with physical withdrawl and helps to block you from feeling a high, if you continue to use. But you still need to change friends, and not go places that remind you of using. Good Luck!!! I hope everything works out for you and your kids.

When i came off methadone, they tapered me off. So i didn't have any withdrawl. And if you do start feeling a little anxious or sick, then they stop and wait for your body to adjust. I had a really nice doctor, but still, i don't think they can just cut you off without bringing you down slowly. Unless your still using. Thats how it is where i'm from anyways.

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